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- Nassau
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- Bahamian Dollar (BSD)
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Nassau Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Nassau, Bahamas
Great Guana Key to Treasure Key on Great Abaco
We came today from a mooring ball at Fisher's Bay on Great Guana Cay to the anchorage here at Treasure Cay. It was a downwind sail on the headsail only in about 18 knots of wind and most enjoyable and took about 2 hours. We were glad to be on ...
Going to Cococay and Nassau in the Bahamas
Ever since grandma and grandpa treated Moira, Rusty and I (plus our kids) to a 3 day Bahamas cruise last year (http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/a3dennert/11/1216673820/tpod.html) Rebecca, Christopher and Hubert keep asking when will they get ...
Junkanoo, who?
For New Year's Eve, we went to the Bahamas! Here are some highlights: 1. Staying up all night on New Year's Eve, observing the Junkanoo parade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkanoo), walking around the streets of Nassau 2. Laying about at the ...
Some play and not all work
... but they managed to fit 10 more on. all I could think about were ferry disasters you hear about in the news. Ferry capsizes in Nassau Bay, 1,000's injured, many missing. Well, there were only about 40 of us, but to make headlines you have to up the ...
The Rum Diaries
Newsflash: Nikki and Emily sent to hospital on account of liver failure Your inner sherlock should tell you this is not true... we have just had 5 days in NYC after all. But this SHOULD have happened and i suspect if we had stayed any longer (and ...
Great Abaco Island
... for a first offence. I'm glad to say, I was not an orange-peel culprit. We're running down the line of "Cay's" in the Bahamas, but can't actually see them (at 09:45). The day followed the usual routine. A bit cloudy in the afternoon, and no dolphins ...
All is well
It's nice and warm with a cool and someone strong wind blowing off from the Atlantic side of Eleuthra. Things are much better in the family unit as we are all getting along sooooo much better. I've just finished reading the book Eat, Pray, Love by ...
In the NE Bahamas (Abacos)
... sometimes it is necessary and using GPS and radar together does make it possible. Additionally the Navionics charts for the Bahamas are now very good as they bought the surveys from which the Explorer charts are printed. The next morning Sun ...
Day 10-11: Leaving for Nassau, Take 2
... conch fritters with their happy hour that night. Delicious. After happy hour, it was time to check out Atlantis, an oasis in the Bahamas we'd heard so much about. It was everything people with lots of money could hope for, but us, we are just poor ...
French Kissing the Wind - Cruising Styles
Observation: Cruising Styles I notice we've had about 1100 hits on this blog - far more than the 20 or so people we've set it up for. So if any of you are considering doing this but not sure if you've got it all together - here is a small ...
Black Point Settlement
The Shitzu Yesterday Carolyn and I walked up to the fruit stand to get another load of bread! Di - guess what came out to greet me - a two month old Shitzu! Be still my heart!!!! I picked up that little 1 lb wonder and she just ...
N26 32.795 W77 03.186 - Marsh Harbor, Abacos
... 9PM. It was waaaaaaay off in the distance on our approach. A cruise ship passed behind us heading down to Nassau. It was cold! We were freezing! Dave changed into jeans and a sweatshirt and I had two shirts ...
SHTY DEAL
... late and nothing is open in SW on Sundays. We hauled out our bucket! OBTW - there are no pump outs in the Bahamas!!! We could wait until Monday and see if we could get a maserator in Spanish Wells or take the Fast Ferry back to Nassau ...
N26 32.65 W76 58.10 - HOPE TOWN
... We will watch the lighthouse light up tonight and toast Tommy - Tim and Dianne's dear friend who loved boating, rum and the Bahamas. We know we would have enjoyed his friendship because of the company he kept. Friends are precious. When ...
A Welcome Stop after a Rough Passage
We stopped at a marina here in Nassau having heard that the anchorage is full of all kinds of stuff including junked cars. Other sailors told us that you never know what you anchor into and might pull up when weighing anchor. We actually ...
The Bahamas
The Bahamas was everything you'd expect (and more): Good food, good people, good times! So, without further adew, here are some pics from ...
Norman's Pond .... Still!!!
April 7, 2009 - Norman Pond We are sitting here at anchor in 15' of water and it is blowing like crazy. Winds are picking up 20-25 kts and we are very glad we're in this protected anchorage. Any boats anchored with any western ...
Ahoy mateys!
... ! Yesterday, the ship stopped at Grand Bahama Island but we decided to stay on board and catch a few rays. Today we've docked at Nassau and we've ventured off the boat to have a little look around! From the ship we can see the Atlantis hotel - but ...
HAPPY HOUR & EASTER AT WARDERICK CAY
April 11 - Happy Hour! The weekend weather is very mild with light and variable winds. If you're out of the wind, it's warm. Sky is clear blue - no storms in sight. Saturday we hung out talking with cruisers from Serendipity ...
Warderick Cay and Shit Birds
April 11, 2009 - Warderick Wells North Anchorage Whatta beautiful morning. After a hardy breakfast of ham and eggs, biscuits and coffee we lounged in our cockpit waiting for the day to begin. The little Bananaquit came visiting, ...
Come Cruise With Me
... the busy American joint Senor Frog's. Mmmmmmmm, nothing like a Christmas eating Mexican, from an American place, in the Bahamas. 6. Captain Pervert -- This one was more indirect than anything, but I saw our fine ship's captain hustling two teenage ...
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND AT WARDERICK
... stole!) Walking through the brush they waddle but on the sand they hop like a bunny. Once they were widespread thru the Bahamas but due to hunting and predation of dogs and cats they are only found in the Exuma Land and Sea Park. In ...
First Day
The ship is definitely "tossing and pitching" as they say and I can definitely feel it. The captain says that we have hit some rough water. Hmm... I really hope so because if this is what it is always like I don't think I'll ever get my sea legs. I, ...
Another Day in Paradise - Alice Town, Bimini
... ; I guess paradise is in the eye of the beholder. Anyway - we've been getting great information from Dick on Nassau and surrounding waters. To our starboard are two couples, from France but lived in Gainesville for the past ...
Green Turtle Cay to Great Guana Cay via "The Whale
We were away from the dock at Bluff House Resort and Marina at 0700. Sea Mist was close behind us out of the buoyed channel. We set off for the "Whale Channel," it was quite windy and rolly so we put up the main sail to steady the ...
N 24 18.210 W76 32.444 Cambridge Cay
... We aren't adding much to the Bahamian economy so far - except for moorings and two nights in Bimini and two nights in Nassau, one lunch of fried erasers and dinner out at Dominos - we've pretty much kept our $ to ourselves. And.....I still ...
Birthday in the Bahamas!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM TOM! today was tom's birthday, hes old now. but what a way to spend it in the Bahamas!! We slept in abit and then went for breakfast in the hotel restaurant. It was buffet style and was almost $20 a person, but it was Tom's birthday so ...
NASSAU.......again!
... dock waiting for the propane guy to come and fill it. Walking through Winn Dixie I had to remind myself that I'm in the Bahamas and by Bahamian standards these prices are the norm. I needed to get my head and pocketbook out of the US! ...
En Route
Hey again, This internet is sketchy, so this post and the last are going to be posted at the same time. I'm on the ship!!!! *insert loud whoo hoo* I can't believe it. It's so surreal still. I mean, I'm eating outside on deck, in the sun, all I can see ...
